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20 Jan 2026

Former great full backs meet up in Offaly

Hurling and rugby greats were stars in their own codes

Former great full backs meet up in Offaly

Girvan Dempsey and Eugene Coughlan

TWO former full back greats in their own codes were in Kinnitty over the weekend.

Girvan Dempsey, the son of Matt and Carmel Dempsey, played rugby with Ireland and Leinster from the 1990's up to 2010 pictured with Eugene Coughlan, an All Star hurler from Clareen, who played hurling with Offaly from the late 1970's up until 1990.

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